Child Development and Pedagogy Quiz 9

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CTET Child Development and Pedagogy is an important subject in CTET & other TET Exam. In any of teaching exam, CDP carries weightage of 30-40 %  of questions, with focused practice good marks can be fetched from this section. These questions are very important in achieving your success in CTET and Other TET Exams.

Q1. Proximodistal trend of development is directed from 

•  from head to toe and from outside the body to centre
•  from head to toe and from centre of the body to outside
•  from toe to head and from outside the body to centre
•  from toe to head and from centre of the body to outside

Solution
from head to toe and from centre of the body to outside

Q2. Systematic presentation of concepts may be related with which of the following principles of development? 

•  Development leads to growth
•  Development proceeds from heteronomy to autonomy
•  Students develop at different rates
•  Development is relatively orderly

Solution
Development proceeds from heteronomy to autonomy

Q3. Which of the following is a principle of development? 

•  All processes of development are not inter-connected
•  It does not proceed at the same pace for all
•  Development is always linear
•  It is a discontinuous process

Solution
It does not proceed at the same pace for all

Q4. During particular period, development is advanced but takes rest in the following period to consolidate his development. It follows the following law of development. 

•  Principle of integration
•  Principle of continuity
•  Principle of spiral advancement
•  Principle of uniform pattern

Solution
Principle of spiral advancement

Q5. A child coming to pre-school for the first time cries profusely. After 2 years, when the same child goes to the primary school for the first time, he does not express his tension by crying, rather his shoulder and neck muscles become tense. This change in his behaviour can be explained on the basis of which of the following principles?

•  Development proceeds in a sequential manner
•  Development is gradual
•  Development is different, in different people
•  Development is characterised by differentiation and integration

Solution
Development is characterised by differentiation and integration

Q6. A teacher finds that a student is facing difficulty in drawing a square. He/She assumes that this student would also find it difficult to draw a diamond. He/She applies which of the following principles to arrive at his/her assumption?

•  Development is gradual
•  Development is different for different people
•  Development tends to follow and orderly sequence
•  Development is saltatory

Solution
Development tends to follow and orderly sequence

Q7. Who has central place in education according to Child Psychology?

•  The Child
•  The Teacher
•   The Guardian
•  The Administrator

Solution
The Child

Q8. What is the principal psychological characteristic of childhood? 

•  Dependence on others
•  Feeling of gregariousness
•  Religious feeling
•  Lack of tendency of imitation

Solution
Feeling of gregariousness

Q9.    "Psychology first lost its soul, then its mind and then it lost its consciousness, it still has behaviour of a kind” was stated by

•  Tichner
•  Wundt
•  Woodsworth
•  McDougall

Solution
Woodsworth

Q10. Which one of these is a principle of child development? 

•  Development occurs due to interaction between maturation and experience
•   Development can accurately predict the pace of each individual child
•  Experience is the sole determinant of development
•  Development is determined by reinforcement and punishment

Solution
Development occurs due to interaction between maturation and experience